Hasenhuttl: 'Saints fans must row boat with us'

Hasenhuttl will get his first taste of Premier League action on Sunday and it will be a baptism of fire against Unai Emery's high-flying Arsenal. 

"Everyone who knows me knows that I'm a guy who always brings everyone in our boat to row with us," said Hasenhuttl.

"It's very important to have a good relationship. I talked a lot of times about that you can feel every day that Southampton football club is a very, very important part of everybody's life here in this area.

"Everyone wants to keep this club in this division so for us it's a big chance to help them get lucky again and all we want to do is to make it possible that we have fantastic moments again and emotional moments.

"You never know, maybe on Sunday comes the first since a long time in St Mary's Stadium.

"They can celebrate whenever they want [with the free drinks], and if they can celebrate a win on Sunday they should do it and I'm the first to congratulate them."